01 n. A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to bur…
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A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack.“Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze.” — Waller.“The making and selling of fireworks, and squibs . . . is punishable.” — Blackstone.
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A kind of slow match or safety fuse.(Mining)
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A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.“Who copied his squibs, and reechoed his jokes.” — Goldsmith.
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A writer of lampoons.[Obs.]“The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the world are called libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers.” — Tatler.
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A paltry fellow.[Obs.]